Get involved as a company

Have impact with your company today

Plastics can be very useful, but they don't belong in nature, the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or in our bodies. Every day, an additional 1.3 million kilograms of plastics enter our oceans, and seven times that volume—10 million kilograms—leaks into river and land-based ecosystems on a daily basis.

We believe that our children, grandchildren, customers and employees deserve a clean & healthy planet. That’s why we work hard every day to make rivers plastic-free. We aim for maximum impact. Every piece of plastic we can keep out of the environment or clean up matters. There is no time to waste, and we can only do our work with the support of people and companies like yours.

Why partner with us

Whether you are a small family business or a multinational looking to do something about plastic pollution, you have come to the right place to make an impact.

Our added value:

1. Solid track record: in our first five years, we mobilized 285 000 people in over 100 countries through +6 000 events, removing 3,6 million kilograms of river waste from nature.

2. Maximum impact: our Clean River Model is a unique, open-source, holistic approach to turning off the tap of new plastic pollution and cleaning up legacy plastic pollution at scale.

3. Local & global: we can combine local events and visibility with global impact and brand alignment.

4. Win-win: we think along with you how supporting plastic-free rivers contributes to your sustainability, branding and volunteering goals

5. Innovation: we like to co-create and innovate with our partners both on technology projects (river pollution detection with drones / smartphones / AI, smart EcoBins, Trash Barriers...) and new concepts to activate customers & employees.(

By working together on plastic-free rivers, we contribute to ten of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

What our partners have to say:

“Convinced and driven by the mission to make 1000 rivers plastic-free by 20250, we at Keytrade Bank decided to support River Cleanup. Thanks to our partnership, three kilos of plastic will be removed from rivers for every new client at Keytrade Bank. This way, every great customer story already gets off to a fabulous start.”

- Thierry Ternier, CEO Keytrade Bank

How you can have impact today

Most of our partnerships fall within three categories: supporting partner, impact partner, and mission partner.

Supporting Partner or Official Supplier

As a supporting partner you can show your support and commitment for plastic-free rivers at country level.

Impact Partner

As an impact partner you take your support for plastic-free rivers to the next level in a more customized partnership. Brand alignment at country level.

Mission Partner

Together we develop a tailor-made and longer-term partnership for plastic-free rivers and your corporate goals. Brand alignment at global level.

Take action with your company for less plastic

Alternatively, we can work with you on impactful and fun team cleanup events, enable you to reduce your plastic footprint or you can get fiscal benefits for supporting plastic-free rivers with donations.

Team Cleanups

Connect your team members to each other and nature during an active and interesting teambuilding! You can clean up yourself, learn about the problem & our actions, and support making rivers plastic-free at the same time.

Philanthropy

Support our mission or a specific project you and your company care about and enjoy tax benefits. Please reach out to us to discuss a collaboration that works for you.

Compensate for your plastic footprint

Did you know a EU citizen produces on average 36.1 kilos of plastic waste per year? Only half of this gets recycled effectively.

Donate and compensate for your company's plastic footprint. For every euro, we keep 1 kg of plastic out of nature (incl. impact certificate). You can also enjoy tax benefits.

Partnerships

We’d love to hear from you and think along on how a partnership can help you achieve your goals. Our diverse range of projects offer a wide variety of angles along which we can cooperate. Examples include:

Daily cleanup actions in highly polluted rivers
River Cleanup School Program (education)
River pollution detection with drones/AI
Reduce and substitution solutions
Trash Barriers & EcoBins
Material Recovery Facility
Circular economy solutions & business cases
River Data Platform